Working during the holidays? Know your rights
This time of year, many people hold temporary or part-time jobs helping retailers and other businesses with the heavy demands of the busy holiday shopping season.
Jobs with Justice relaunches with new website and bigger agenda
"As the new Jobs With Justice, we are leading the fight for workers' rights and an economy that benefits everyone."
Defending Walmart’s low pay puts the lie to conservative philosophy
Could it possibly be that the time has come to take a more objective and clear-eyed look at what is happening at our nation's largest employer?
Today in labor history: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
McDonald’s workers fed up with what company dishes out
The movement to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers got a boost here Thursday.
Lawrence & Memorial hospital nurses locked out
Locked out nurses and tech workers at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have put their jobs on the line to protect quality patient care and stop privatization and union busting.
Workers plan nationwide strikes against "bully" Walmart
"Walmart is just a bully, and people across the country are starting to see the real Walmart, that's why I continue to stand up, because the time for change is now."
McDonald's tells workers to sell their Christmas gifts for cash
McDonald's won't stop dolling out bizarre "advice" for their employees, including a set of "tips" ranging from stress management techniques to how to get a quick buck.
Walmart seeks food donations for its workers
"How about paying workers more than $7.25 an hour?'" asked Terrie Napolitano, a Lodi, New Jersey resident who shops at several Walmarts in her area.
Community, union unite to save jobs at GE plant
General Electric recently announced that it slated the closure of its plant in Fort Edwards, N.Y., and intends to move the remaining plant operations to an undisclosed site.
